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Letters on the condition of the poor: addressed to Alexander Henry, Esq., containing a vindication of poor laws and benevolent societies, proofs of the injustice of the general censure of the poor, for extravagance, dissipation, etc., instances of intense suffering in Philadelphia not exceeded in London or Paris : examples of the gross inconsitency of the Edinburgh review on the subject of poor laws with a view of the system and operations of the Union Benevolent Association / by a Citizen of Philadelphia.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor.
- Poverty.
- Poor laws--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Poor laws.
- Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Charities.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Union Benevolent Association.
- Genre:
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 20 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition, improved.
- Other Title:
- Letters on the condition of the poor
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by Haswell & Barrington, 1835.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has facsimile available to the public for viewing.
- Cited in:
- Checklist Amer. imprints, 30822
- OCLC:
- 71050475
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